[PRCo] Re: Monday Morning Delays
Herb Brannon
hrbran at cavtel.net
Tue May 12 16:32:17 EDT 2009
I worked the Red Line until 8pm last Wednesday.
Come back after May 15. You can purchase your farecard from one of the
dispensers, possibly have it checked by the "roving" Fare Collection
Officers, and probably get to your destination a few minutes faster.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Derrick J Brashear
<shadow at dementia.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2009, Herb Brannon wrote:
>
>> They were, some time ago, covered. However, driving wind, severe snow
>> and rain (the normal for late Winter, early Spring weather around
>> here) removed the plastic covering. Curious passengers may have helped
>> remove the covers also. Testing the machines started and the covers
>> had to be removed anyway. I know I have seen many of them, all lit up,
>> looking like they are in use, when they are not.
>
> Like W 25th....
>
>> Did you try using one ? The locals know not to use them. A sign on the
>
> I did. Nothing happened. I was perplexed. Then an announcement: "please
> pay onboard the car"
>
> Ok, so I went down to the platform. Good enough.
>
> (Brief trip last Wednesday for a concert at Tower City; Parked in Ohio
> City, ate, concert, drove home)
>
>
>
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Herb Brannon
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